The human activities leading to the disappearance of the Aral Sea — once the world’s fourth largest inland water body — is making it the worst man-made environmental disaster, according to the United Nations. Concerned over the...

Rice, melons, cereal, and cotton all growing in a desert. Rivers Amu Darya and the Syr Darya that irrigate the desert have done well to make this region one of the world’s leading exporters of cotton. Unfortunately the Aral Sea ( former...

The Aral Sea: It was once the fourth largest lake on Earth. But, over the past few decades, the sea has shrunk dramatically as the primary rivers that fed the Sea have been diverted and tapped nearly dry for cotton farming and other agriculture....